Song vs. Song with Todd In The Shadows

PICK OUR MARCH BONUS EPISODE!

Just a few options here, some old classics vying for your attention but also some new and I mean brand new options, Vote now!

New poll! "I Kissed a Girl" vs. "I Kissed a Girl"

We've talked about doing this a long time and it's finally time -- two completely dissimilar songs with the same name. I'm tempted to just have both poll options read "I KIssed a Girl" and let you guys figure out which is which, but for clarity's sake they're by Katy Perry and Jill Sobule. 

BONUS EPISODE: "Scott Pilgrim Takes Off" (with Kevin Anderson)

Is there still room for Scott Pilgrim in a post-Scott Pilgrim universe? Can they still get the gang together even though half of them are 600 times more famous than they were in the original movie? Let's find out! (And welcome our friend Kevin Anderson to the pod!)

PICK OUR FEBRUARY BONUS EPISODE!!

Putting this up a tiny bit late, slightly smaller slate than usual, no idea what's going to win this. Let's go! 

NEW POLL! "Before He Cheats" vs. "Goodbye Earl"

It is the mid-'00s and some country music women have had it up with some no good men. Whose revenge is more satisfying, "Before He Cheats" by Carrie Underwood or "Goodbye Earl" by the act currently known as The Chicks?

NEW POLL: "Baby One More Time" vs. "Genie in a Bottle"

It's time! This one needs no introduction, please vote for Britney Spears's "Baby One More Time" vs. Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle"!

BONUS EPISODE: "The Idol"

Sorry for the delay, everyone! The holidays have been hectic for everyone involved. Anyway, you made us watch the deeply unwatchable HBO series "The Idol," in which you get to hear way too much dirty talk from The Weeknd. It's... as bad as you've heard, but if you want to hear it again, here's us in shock about how bad it is. 

Choose our January bonus episode!

We will be starting the new year off right! Or, we will be starting it off horribly, depending on what you decide! Vote now! 

New poll! "Rapture" vs. "Genius of Love"

An episode about classic hip-hop! And as we all know, hip-hop is best when performed by white people. So vote now for the best new-wave act getting into this thing called "rap" "music". Is it "Rapture" by Blondie or the ever-sampled "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club?

Patreon Exclusive Bonus Episodes

Just so you guys have this conveniently: Here is the master list for all our bonus episodes! Man, we've done a lot of these so far.  

February 2025: "Better Man"
January 2025: "Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary" (w/Jael Holzman!)
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BONUS EPISODE: "Stop Making Sense"

Talking Heads burn down the house with one of the most beloved concert films of all time! Does it hold up? We put on our oversized suits and wiggle and jerk our way through it! 

PICK OUR DECEMBER BONUS EPISODE!

Some holiday options, some non-holiday options, some perennial hopefuls, let's see what wins! 

NEW POLL: "Santa Tell Me" vs. "Underneath the Tree"

I had thought that we had stopped making Christmas music in 1995, but we actually do have some new Christmas classics! Which of the 2010s pop diva Christmas hits makes you feel more festive, Ariana Grande's "Santa Tell Me" or Kelly Clarkson's "Underneath the Tree"? 

NEW POLL! "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" vs. "My Generation"

The two biggest and best non-Beatles songs of the British Invasion?? You better believe it, tell us now your favorite classic-beyond-classic rock song, The Rolling Stones '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" or The Who's "My Generation"!!

Now and Then: What The Last Beatles Song Says Three Decades After "Free as a Bird"

By Lina Morgan

When I was really little, my father would latch his giant, plastic headphones around my tiny head and blast music into my eardrums at top volume. I don’t remember this, but photographic evidence suggests that I absolutely loved it. And if my case of tinnitus says anything beyond “eeeeeeee” it’s that I still love it, probably a little too much.

What I do remember from those days was dad’s enormous record collection, especially his ‘45s. I remember taking ...

BONUS EPISODE: "Over the Garden Wall" (w/Nella Inserra!)

Rock fact: Neither of your two fine hosts had seen this before, so we invited your friend and ours, the one and only Nella, to join us and help us unravel why this Cartoon Network miniseries has become so beloved so quickly. Happy Halloween, everyone!

NEW POLL! "Hips Don't Lie" vs. "Promiscuous"

I won't deny, you know it's time for a new poll! And we're going all the way back to 2006 when two pop songs about aggressively ridiculous flirting at the club went all the way to the top! So don't be mad, don't get mean, just tell us which is the best hit of 2006, Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean's "Hips Don't Lie" or Nelly Furtado ft. Timbaland's "Promiscuous"! 

PICK OUR NOVEMBER BONUS EPISODE!

Pick now! Got some interesting ones in here, plus some old stalwarts that really deserve to win at this point. But only one can win!

New poll! "My Hero" vs. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"

We are who we are, and who we are is two podcasters who love '90s alt rock and could talk about it for days and days. So at last we take on two of the biggest of the mid-'90s rock bands and argue whether our hero is actually ordinary and whether our rage has done anything to free use from our cage. Vote now between the Foo Fighters' "My Hero" and Smashing Pumpkins' "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"! 

BONUS EPISODE: "Barbie"

It's Barbie, bitch. Sorry for the slight delay because we had to accommodate the schedule of our guest (who was very necessary for reasons that will be obvious), but please welcome back Angie Meehan as we talk about the blockbuster sensation that killed the superhero stranglehold on the box office, Greta Gerwig's "Barbie"! 

PICK OUR OCTOBER BONUS EPISODE!

Yes, we will have your Barbie episode soon, but first off, what is gonna be the episode after that?? Pick our ep now! (Repost because we forgot an entry)

NEW POLL: "White and Nerdy" vs. "I'm on a Boat"

Ha ha, I don't really think this one needs an intro. Anyway: Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" vs. Lonely Island's "I'm on a Boat." Vote now. 

NEW POLL: "One Sweet Day" vs. "Candle in the Wind '97"

We're going to put up this poll a tiny bit early, don't spoil it for everyone else! Anyway, it is time to weep and cry and be sad in the mid-'90s! What is the better heartbreaking mourning song of the '90s, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's "One Sweet Day" or Elton John's "Candle in the Wind '97"? 

PICK OUR SEPTEMBER BONUS EPISODE

Almost forgot to put this up! Anyway, vote vote vote vote vote 

BONUS EPISODE: "Perfect Blue"

We may be on vacation but the bonus episodes are not! And we've got a killer episode today,  Satoshi Kon's influential "Perfect Blue," about a J-pop star turned actress losing her mind! Will Todd finally like an anime you made him watch? 

NEW POLL: "Iron Man" vs. "Smoke on the Water"

We are on vacation! So this poll will be up for a lil bit. But when we return, we will be arguing about two of the original titans of heavy metal anthems. So put the horns up and get ready to sing those legendary guitar riffs like Beavis and Butthead, we are arguing over Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" and Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water"!

BONUS EPISODE: "The Producers" (2005)

It's the beloved comedy classic, adapted into a hit Broadway smash, adapted into a terrible fucking movie! Sit joylessly and laughlessly as Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick scream and snivel in performances in no way adapted to the screen! Thrill as director Susan Stroman demonstrates her confusion and disgust with this horrible contraption called a "video camera"! 

PICK OUR NEXT BONUS EPISODE!

Vote away! 

NEW POLL: "Flowers" vs. "Vampire"

We usually save this for the end of the year, but hey, you know what, let's just knock it out midyear! Two of the biggest pop stars alive have two kiss-off songs that have topped the charts this year and it's time to argue about which is the best. It's Miley Cyrus's "Flowers" vs. Olivia Rodrigo's "Vampire", vote now! 

PICK OUR JULY BONUS EPISODE

...I knew I forgot something. Tiny bit late but here we go, a lot of perennial also-rans on this poll. Pick now!